A friend who is battling cancer wrote this to me upon receiving our Christmas greetings and letter:
thanks, dear! I'm still working on ours...You are a brave woman. and you are in my prayers.
I am living another unenviable life. That of a wife abandoned for another. This is what I wrote back to my dear friend:
And you are in mine as well! I don't know how brave I am. I think that word is more applicable to you! I suppose we both are traveling a path we never asked for, a path we would not choose for anyone, and a path that elicits more tears than bravery. And yet, with His strength we see the sun rise anew every day. We see the Son arise anew as well. We grow closer to Him with each tortured footstep and vividly learn what it means to...
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the Lord, and depart from evil. It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
Proverbs 3: 5-7
In Christian sisterly love,
Deb
At some point I had to start writing about my current life. I suppose this is it. Here is a Christmas Eve picture of my precious children who bring me joy and strength.
4 comments:
Deb, I am so sorry to hear of your sorrows! You will certainly be in my prayers.
Thank you so much for your prayers.
Deb, it has been so wonderful to get to know you a bit through your blog this year!
Praying and wishing for a blessed 2010 for you and yours.
p.s. Your children have very sweet expressions. Surely it's your own sweet spirit that I'm seeing reflected there.
Josie,
And it's been a blessing getting to know you, too!
As much as I'd like to take all credit for anything good in my children, we both know that it's only God's mercy that any of us have any "good" in us at all!
Blessings for 2010 for you, too!
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